Improvement in boot-jacks



I. F. R. DOISY & H. L. E. SARRAZIN.

BOOT-JACK.

No. 189,708. Patented Apri117, 1877.

N- PETERS, PHDTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JEAN F. R. DOISY AND HENRI L. E. SABRAZIN,OF PARIS, FRANCE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-JACKS- Specification forming part of Letters PatentN 0. 189,708, dated April 17, 1877 application filed October 30, 1876.

with the hand for its withdrawal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of'ourimproved boot-jack, showing its manner of operation. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same with the leaves or arms hinged; and Fig. 3 is afront and side elevation, respectively, showing a boot-jack with a plateor leaf in the ordinary form of a shoeing-horn.

A B are two boards or leaves hinged together at (1, so as to form anobtuse anglethat is to say, the upright board A leans slightly forward,in order that the hooks C may be more easily introduced into the gaiter,shoe, or bootee.

We prefer to hinge the two boards together, so as to be folded into asmall compass, though the two boards A B may be rigidly fixed to eachother, as will be readily understood.

U G are two hooks or arms, having, to some extent, the configuration ofthe heel portion of the foot as near as possible. These hooks are ofsufficient length to reach to the insole of the shoe upon which it hasits bearingpoint. The hooks G are formed on a plate, 0, secured in anyconvenient or preferred manner to the upper outer face of plate or boardA, so as to project downward, as shown; or the hooks 0 may be hinged tothe plate 0, so

as to adapt them to be folded together, as

shown by Fig. 2.

The hooks may also be replaced by a single plate, having the form orconfiguration of the ordinary and well known shoeing-horn, as shown byFig. 3, and in this case the plate is aflixed to a projection, a, formedon the upper part of plate, to give sufficient room for the plate to beinserted into the boot or shoe.

Any suitable or desired configuration may be given to the hinged boardsto render them light and compact and give them a certain degree ofornamentation, as this class of bootjacks is especially designed for useby ladies and children, and, to that effect, they are made of varioussizes to suit the purpose.

Any suitable or preferred material may also be employed, such as wood,metal, horn, rubber, 85c.

The operation of the device is as follows: The hooks on the single plateare inserted within the gaiter, shoe, or bootee, at the heel end, sothat the extremities of such hooks or the extremity of the plate rest orbear on the insole or inner part of the heel; the foot is then placed onthe floor, when the plate B will readily fall over; the other foot isthen placed on board B, when the shoe, gaiter, or bootee will readilycome off the foot by withdrawing the same, as the end of the hooks orthe plate has its bearing-pointon the insole, and the outer face of theheel on the plate A, the tendency being to pull from the plate B, thusaffording great leverage and facilitating the withdrawal of the gaiter,shoe, or bootee.

The plate B is made longer than the plate, not only to give sufficientroom to place the foot thereon, but also to give sufficientbearing-surface upon the floor.

D is a notch cutin the edge of the plate B, at its hinged end, and iscovered with a metallic plate, d, and serves as a means to hang theboot-jack to a hook.

Having described our invention, what we claim is A boot-jack,consisting, essentially, of the plates A B and the hooks or horns 0,arranged and operating substantially as described, for the purposespecified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 23d day of December, 1875.

J. F. R. DOISY. H. L. E. SARRAZIN.

Witnesses:

Row. M. HOOPER, J. W. GIRARD.

